Matheson station

Matheson station is located in the township of Black River-Matheson in Ontario, Canada.

Matheson
Ontario Northland (inter-city rail)
The original station, taken before 1916.
General information
Location	Railway Street, Matheson, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	48°32′2.70″N 80°27′56.41″W
Owned by	Ontario Northland Railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	single station building
Parking	No
History
Opened	c. 1908
Rebuilt	1916
Former services
Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station Cochrane Terminus Northlander Swastika toward Toronto
Future services[1] Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station Timmins Terminus Northlander (reopening mid-2020s) Kirkland Lake toward Toronto
Location

History

An original station was built on the line circa 1908 by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway; it was destroyed in the Matheson Fire in 1916. The present brick structure was built in its place in 1916. It still remains in place (as of 2020), well-maintained, unused and in good condition.^[2] The building contains a cornerstone indicating it was placed in 1916 by William Howard Hearst as Premier of Ontario, T.&N.O Railway Chairman Jacob Lewis Englehart, Denis Murphy and George Wise.^[3]

It was a stop for Northlander trains that are owned by Ontario Northland. The station was also a transfer point between the rail service and the Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services to Timmins, South Porcupine and Iroquois Falls.

In 2021 the Government of Ontario announced plans to restore service using ONR from this station north to either Timminis or Cochrane by the mid 2020s.^[4] The new station will be one of nine enclosed shelters to provide a waiting area of passengers.^[5]